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Hmm, I notice they don’t have the following categories:
Couch Potato
Length of Drool
Furthest thrown drool
Time of longest pee
Timed obstacle course of escaping into barn, opening the bungee cord trash can full of full

YSAS and SO are at her apartment. I have not heard anything since they got back there. He is drinking gatorade for the electrolytes, eating jello and yogurt and had promised me he would call if he got worse. I haven’t gotten a call nor a text.

It is very cloudy and dank here today. It is supposed to get warm, and actually is already mild. But it is not nice out. Mom wore her rubber boots to put the horses out.
We eat pizza every Friday night. Ours has spicy pepperoni, which the rents don’t let us eat. Mom and Pop have red wine with their pizza, which makes it very healthy and not at all fattening. So there.

So what’s the big deal about being fattening. Eat what you want and them just chase each other around the house. Extra credit for jumping over dog gates, kicking scatter rugs into piles and leaping over sleeping dogs.

Last night during pizza and wine (and more wine), it was decided to hike up Monocacy Hill today. We never do that one because it is so steep and all rocks, but it was the very first hike they took with Sasha.
Now we are hearing all kinds of excuses why today it is not such a good idea (chests are congested, too damp out, yada yada yada).

Ahem!…cough!….Attention everybody! As you all know the Last Big Race is right around the corner. Rebecca and AJ have lots of work and preparation to do to get ready. One major element we have not yet addressed in our fund raising efforts has been the 17 Drop-Bags that need to be filled with food and supplies for The Giant and the A-Team. Needless to say these drop-bags are vital to the success of the team. …wheeze! …I know we are all down to lint and a few pennies in our pockets because everyone has been so overwhelmingly generous this season…snort!….I want to thank you so much for all you have done so far and give each and every one of you a big sloppy wet pug kiss-a-roo!….wooooo!… I know for a fact the Giants are very grateful for our support, friendship and financial help….chuffle!

Kickoff!…. With that being said, I would like to officially kick-off the Feed The Giant campaign. We hope to raise $1000.00 or more to help Rebecca stock the 17 drop-bags….snort!snort!…. Bee Stover, my friend and I, Rio, have collaborated on four special prizes to be awarded throughout this fund raiser….grunt!

Rules!…. We have selected 4 Magical Numbers because we have four prizes…heh!… During the course of the fund raiser when someone’s donation matches or pushes the total dollars donated over one of the magical numbers, that donor will win a prize….snort!….So for example if the first magic number is 275 and our donation total is at 250 and someone donates 25.00. This donation brings the total to 275, which is the first magical number, that donor wins the first prize offered…..wheeze!….Then the next prize will be up for grabs. At that time I will announce the first winner and post a photo of the second prize….chuffle!

Strategy!…. Here is an example of the strategy I would use if I were able to participate in this contest/fund raiser….heh!… Say I have 100.00 lying around that I want to donate to the Feed The Giant campaign. Instead of donating it all in one clump sum, I would send in an email saying I want to donate 10.00 to the Giant fund….snort!….Then a little later I would send another email saying I want to donate 15.00 to the fund….sniff!…I would do this till I have reached my 100.00 limit because this gives me several chances to win the prize, not just one….grunt!

Tracking!….I will be entering each donation I receive via SDD into a spreadsheet as I get them….sniff!….Each time a donation is received I will add up the total and compare it to the magic numbers….grufff!…So timing is everything, just like in the Auctions…heh!heh!

Hope YSAS does not need the ambulance, but the Smoochers have excellent taste. It is befitting of the star that YSAS is becoming!

Rio! I am relieved your friend made it home in one piece. I worry about your friend every time you have snow. That is a most beautiful prize being offered. A lovely poem by B, and the delicate quilling of your friend.

My stomach has not been the greatest this week, either . I guess good genes have kept me from splorting , it’s the other end that has been getting a work-out!

Lunch!…A treat today! Someone is going to make her home-made pizza!….Woooo!….This is for Beau in honor of the Broncos playing a really big play-off game this afternoon…snort!…He is super-duper excited and pizza will send him right over the edge…heh!heh!…At least this is what I am hoping.

I feel like I’m “leaning like an old sentry”. The stockade now has 8 inches of slush in it. It is not easy to walk in slush and there is still some ice in spots. My ice cane would go down the entire 8 inches while I struggled about sinking up to 3 inches. The poop is cleaned up.

Dawson!…There are 4 real numbers picked out…sniff!….The only other person who knows these numbers (besides the Leprechaun) is Stover!….snort!…She will be checking my addition and making sure each winner is really a winner…grunt!…No hanky panky going believe you me!…wheeze!

We just took the Sibaru to our favorite car wash. They love our guys there, and we each got a cookie before, and then we each got an even bigger one on the way out. Even better, this car wash exits right into the DQ drive-thru! So we each had ice cream. Are we living the life or what.

Oh dear – Mama has gone crazy. She is twirling and dancing and laughing.
Seems she got an ipod thingie for Christmas, but the instructions for working it with the computer don’t match the #$%$^&*( 8 program. The instructions were to load CD’s and a certain command window would just show up.
She has been trying to figure this out for days….and days and days and days and days.
Today, she went thru a backdoor in the computer, told it to quit screwing around with her and accept the dam commands.
And the computer DID IT!
And she loaded all her CD’s, and created playlists, and synched the pod thingie and it all works.
Sheesh – whats the big deal – kids know how to do this stuff and do it all the time!
You would think she just reinvented the wheel.

Barb&Magpie: Let us know what you think of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. We here thought it was okay, but not the greatest…although Judi Dench and Maggie Smith were, as usual, superb.
It reminded us of a Bollywood movie…probably because of the setting.

B: Yes! Showtime is Free this weekend. Last night we unfortunately checked Starz in error and missed out on the first showings. But it turned out okay as we had already seen The Iron Lady. Tonight’s feature is the Twilight Saga. Hmmm…I don’t think so.

Rio: I am here! I am feeling better than I was yesterday. I’m not sure if my stomach problems were a result of a migraine or if they were separate. I took some feeling-good-in-no-time pills for my migraine last night and they knocked me out! I did a fair bit of cleaning today and then planned to go into town to do our grocery shopping before the freezing rain in the forecast hit. I timed it wrong and spent the afternoon slipping and sliding from my car to the store and back again. I know my limitations when it comes to my lack of coordination. Slick!

Wose: Thank you for making sure all of me is able to get to the starting line. My mama and I are concerned that you are going to spend all your fun money on Snowhook and not have money for souvenirs for your trip. I thank you just the same. And, to show my gratitude, I am happy to give you one Belle Starr for your very own. Free of charge. She stole my chicken skin last night and I can’t find it in my tail to forgive her.

Such misery! I just came in from doing dog chores in freezing rain. My arctic gear is the only thing that is somewhat waterproof, but it is way to warm for the 30 degrees temps. Gah!

AJ left early this morning for a training run complete with Junior on the team. I’m waiting for them to return home. AJ planned on doing 80 to 100 miles. I bet they’ve turned in to 80 to 100 wet, miserable miles. Double gah!

It’s hard leaving a puppy full of energy at home all day but these are great tips for surviving the ordeal. Your best bet is to get rid of as much energy as possible. I love making my dog do puppy pushups to tire him out. Getting him to sit and then lay down over and over again.

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